Floating Features

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Floating Features
Floating Features.png
Studio album by
La Luz
ReleasedMay 11, 2018 (2018-05-11)
Length35:42
Label Hardly Art
Producer Dan Auerbach
La Luz chronology
Weirdo Shrine
(2015)		Floating Features
(2018)		La Luz
(2021)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! 9/10 [4]
Flood7/10 [5]
Loud and Quiet 7/10 [6]
Paste 7.9/10 [7]

Floating Features is the third studio album by American band La Luz. It was released on May 11, 2018 under Hardly Art. [8]

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Critical reception

Floating Features was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 9 reviews. [1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 77 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 10 reviews. [9]

Accolades

Accolades for Floating Features
PublicationAccoladeRank
Bandcamp Bandcamp's Top 100 Albums of 2018
4 [10]
Flavorwire Flavorwire's Top 25 Albums of 2018
23 [11]
Loud and Quiet Loud and Quiet's Top 40 Albums of 2018
38 [12]
Louder Than War Louder Than War's Top 78 Albums of 2018
16 [13]
Passion of the WeissPassion of the Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2018
14 [14]

Track listing

Floating Features track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Floating Features"2:13
2."Cicada"3:11
3."Loose Teeth"2:47
4."Mean Dream"3:34
5."California Finally"3:21
6."The Creature"3:28
7."My Golden One"4:14
8."Lonely Dozer"3:15
9."Greed Machine"4:19
10."Walking Into the Sun"2:45
11."Don't Leave Me on the Earth"2:35

Charts

Chart performance for Floating Features
Chart (2018)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [15] 33

Personnel

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  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ Peirson-Hagger, Ellen (11 May 2018). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ Schulz, Cosette (May 8, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ Schube, Will (May 17, 2018). "Flood Magazine Review". Flood Magazine. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ Darlington, Susan (May 7, 2018). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  7. ↑ DiBiasi, Loren (May 11, 2018). "Paste Magazine Review". Paste . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  8. ↑ Kahn, Andy (February 12, 2018). "La Luz Announces New Album 'Floating Features' & Shares Single". JamBase . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Bandcamp Daily's Best Albums of 2018". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  11. ↑ Barnes, Shane (December 8, 2018). "The 25 Best Albums of 2018". Flavorwire . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ "The Loud and Quiet Best 40 Albums of 2018". Loud and Quiet . December 7, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Albums of the Year 2018". Louder Than War . December 9, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  14. ↑ "The POW Best Albums of 2018". Passion of the Weiss. December 24, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 16, 2020.


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